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... reason that they do not by themselves make any complete state- ment . They might easily be worked into a sentence by saying " The air that we breathe is sweet , " or " The air that we breathe is a fluid . " 8. Is this a sentence ...
... reason that they do not by themselves make any complete state- ment . They might easily be worked into a sentence by saying " The air that we breathe is sweet , " or " The air that we breathe is a fluid . " 8. Is this a sentence ...
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... reason of this is that every sentence must be a statement ; for if there were not something stated , and something about which a statement is made , there would not be any statement at all . N.B. - The question , " Who ( or what SUBJECT ...
... reason of this is that every sentence must be a statement ; for if there were not something stated , and something about which a statement is made , there would not be any statement at all . N.B. - The question , " Who ( or what SUBJECT ...
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... reason is , that you must first have correctly the subject - form of the plural ; and if you do not have per- fectly in your mind the different ways of making the plural , you may fall into error in writing the possessive . Thus , for ...
... reason is , that you must first have correctly the subject - form of the plural ; and if you do not have per- fectly in your mind the different ways of making the plural , you may fall into error in writing the possessive . Thus , for ...
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... reason for the spelling of all the Possessive Plurals in the above list . Exercise 15 . A. Put the following expressions into the POSSESSIVE form : MODEL .- " The bonnet of Mary : " Possessive form- Mary's bonnet . 1. The bonnet of Mary ...
... reason for the spelling of all the Possessive Plurals in the above list . Exercise 15 . A. Put the following expressions into the POSSESSIVE form : MODEL .- " The bonnet of Mary : " Possessive form- Mary's bonnet . 1. The bonnet of Mary ...
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... reason of her exceeding swiftness , outran the Tortoise to such a degree that she made a jest of the matter . Believing herself sure of the race , she squatted in a tuft of fern that grew by the way and took a nap , thinking that , if ...
... reason of her exceeding swiftness , outran the Tortoise to such a degree that she made a jest of the matter . Believing herself sure of the race , she squatted in a tuft of fern that grew by the way and took a nap , thinking that , if ...
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Page 27 - A MAN of words and not of deeds Is like a garden full of weeds...
Page 163 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came ; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame : Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear ; — They shook the depth of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Page 163 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 163 - Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod; They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Page 64 - The sun rose high, and sank, and the battle still raged. Through all the wild October day, the clash and din resounded in the air. In the red sunset, and in the white moonlight, heaps upon heaps of dead men lay strewn, a dreadful spectacle, all over the ground.
Page 115 - ... that had been spoken during the whole three weeks that we had been silent, if I may use that expression. It was now very early in the morning, and yet, to my surprise, I heard somebody say, ' Sir John, it is midnight, and time for the ship's crew to go to bed.
Page 71 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Page 79 - My dear child," said the old mouse, "it is most happy that you did not go in, for this house is called a trap, and you would never have come out again, except to have been devoured, or put to death in some way or other. Though man has not so fierce a look as a cat, he is as much our enemy, and has still more cunning.
Page 115 - ... mixed with a gentle hissing, which I imputed to the letter S, that occurs so frequently in the English tongue. I soon after felt a breeze of whispers rushing by my ear; for those, being of a soft and gentle substance, immediately liquefied in the warm wind that blew across our cabin.
Page 171 - Sell, Send, Set, Shake, Shape, Shave, Shear, Shed, Shine, Shoe, Shoot, Show, Shred, Shrink, Shut, Sing, Sink, Sit, Slay, Sleep, Slide, Sling, Slink, Slit, Smite, Sow, Speak, Speed, Spend, Spill, Spin, Spit, ETYMOLOGY.